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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Officer Who Shot Surrendered Unarmed Miami Therapist Caring For Disabled Man Has A History Of Stereotyping Black People As Criminals And Villains

Jonathan Aledda has been named as the North
Miami Beach Police Department officer who shot unarmed
African-American behavioral therapist, Charles Kinsey, as he
lay on the ground with his hands up in surrender. Minutes
before the shooting occurred, Kinsey exited the group home
he works in, walking behind 24-year-old mentally disabled
patient, Arnaldo Rios, who had walked out of the facility.

Kinsey was following behind Rios for his own safety
and to bring him back to the group home. Police
became involved and it led to the shooting, after they
allegedly received a 911 call from an anonymous person,
stating a suicidal man had a gun and was going to shoot
himself. So Aledda decided to shoot the allegedly suicidal
man instead. Who in their right mind shoots a suicidal
person that allegedly posed a danger to himself.

A neighbor stated to the press that she used
her binoculars to detect Rios did not have a gun in his
hand, but a toy. She informed a police woman on the scene of
what she observed through her binoculars, but was told to
back away. Shortly after, Kinsey was shot at three times,
with one of the bullets hitting his leg. Rios was admitted
to the hospital suffering significant emotional trauma, as
the autistic man keeps reenacting the incident repeatedly
stating "I hate the police!" and "shoot!" among other
things, while terrified and traumatized.

Jonathan Aledda

Due to intense public backlash, the North
Miami Beach Police Department is stating Aledda was trying
to protect Kinsey by attempting to shoot Rios. However, the
public is not buying it. Feedback comments on websites such
as the Miami Herald, Miami New Times and news channels
reveal, members of the public are questioning why Aledda
handcuffed a bleeding and wounded Kinsey, as well as Rios,
putting both in the back of his squad car after the
shooting.

If Aledda was trying to protect the behavioral
therapist, why cuff him while injured. There was a distance between Kinsey and
Rios prior to the shooting. How did a member of the SWAT
team, who specialize in sharp shooting, miss so terribly,
hitting the man he claimed he was protecting.

Clearly, Aledda thought Kinsey was the bad
guy, when neither the behavioral therapist or his client had
done anything illegal in this matter. People in the
disability field in Miami now fear for their mentally
impaired patients lives and have been sending out alerts
warning staff and the family members of the disabled to be
very careful when out in public, especially around police.

Police shot Charles Kinsey who was laying on the
ground, hands up in surrender and stating "Don't shoot me!"
Kinsey disabled, autistic patient, Arnaldo Rios, sits beside him
understandably confused at why they are being criminally
harassed by police.

Aledda has a history of questionable
behavior. A complaint was filed against Aledda in 2013 for
injuring a store owner. Aledda responded to a 911 call of a
robbery in progress at a business in Miami. When Aledda
arrived, he assumed the black store owner was the robber,
threw him against a wall twice and injured his elbow. Aledda
refused to listen to the store owner who was informing him
that he was the one who called police for assistance due to
the robbery. Aledda opted to rough up, injure and arrest the
store owner anyway. Much like Aledda clearly refused to
listen to Kinsey, shooting him while assuming he was the bad
guy, when he was just trying to protect his mentally
disabled patient, Rios. Talk about stereotyping people

STORY SOURCE

Autistic man whose black caretaker was shot by an
officer is so traumatized he’s stopped eating and has been
screaming ‘I hate the police!’

Published: 21:44 EST, 23 July 2016 |
Updated: 08:44 EST, 24 July 2016 - An autistic man who saw
his caretaker get shot by an officer has been left
traumatized, distressed and has stopped eating, his family
has said. Arnaldo Rios was the intended target of the
shooting, which occurred Monday after four North Miami
police officers responded to a 911 call about a suicidal man
with a gun.

Rios sat cross-legged. He yelled. He didn't
obey commands to lie down with his hands up and he fidgeted
with a metal object. Meanwhile his therapist Charles Kinsey
tried to surrender by lying down on the ground and keeping
his hands up. Therapist Charles Kinsey, 46, (left) was shot
in North Miami while he was on the ground with his hands up.
He was trying to soothe his autistic patient Arnaldo Rios
(right), who was playing with a toy truck...